City or village adventages and disadvantages of different lifestiles

Exercise 1. Explain why it is useful to be able to estimate and describe character.
Exercise 2. Briefly state the four ways of describing character. Say which method the au­thor finds the more satisfactory, and why. Express your agreement or disagree­ment.


Exercise 3. Mark the explanation nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italic.

1. 
   Estimate character: (A) find out a person's true worth; (B) see the difference between people's characters; (C) form an opinion of a person's character.
   
2. 
   Personal appearance: (A) the way a person looks; (B) the way a
   person dresses; (C) the way a person walks and talks.
   
3. 
   Physical features: (A) the size of a person's hands, feet; (B) the parts
   of the face (forehead, nose, etc); (C) the colour of the hair.
   
4. 
   Stature: (A) a person's health; (B) state of mind; (C) the natural height of a person.
   
5. 
   Build: (A) the shape and proportions of the body; (B) the look in
   person's eyes; (C) the way a person laughs.
   
6. 
   Missing person: (A) somebody who has lost his way; (B) a person
   who is lost to others; (C) a person who is absent.
   
7. 
   Habit: (A) (an example of) usual behaviour; (B) a family tradition; (C) a national holiday.
   
8. 
   Suggest: (A) describe directly; (B) indicate indirectly; (C) express one's opinion.
   
9. 
   Good-tempered: (A) very temperamental; (B) calm and pleasant; (C) honest and kind.
   
10. 
    Mannerism: (A) a peculiar way of behaving, speaking, etc, that has become a habit; (B) the way in which anything is done or happens; (C) a person's manners.
    

Exercise 4. Two of the words in each group below are similar in meaning. Check the word which doesn’t suit and explain why.

1. 
   appearance; look; manner.
   
2. 
   character; feature; characteristic.
   
3. 
   stature; statue; height.
   
4. 
   build; habit; shape.
   
5. 
   indication; index; description.
   
6. 
   kind; sort; mannerism.
   
7. 
   methodical; analytical; systematic.
   
8. 
   clean; tidy; neat.
   
9. 
   careful; exact; accurate.
   
10. 
    denote; explain; indicate.
    
11. 
    temper; intelligence; intellect.